Packing setter



W. E. BUMPUS PACKING SETTER Filed Dec. 26. 1923 Patented Get. 21, 1924;.

UNHTED T PACKING sn'r'rnn.

Application filed December 26, 1923. Serial No. 682,765.

One of the objects of the invention is to.

provide a simple and efficient tool that can be easily placed astride the rod or shaft which can thus be utilized as a guide on which the tool can be reciprocated forthe purpose of forcing the packing into the stuffing box.

With the foregoing and other objects in viewwhich will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the prcferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool in position for use a stuffing box and packing being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tool.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of one end thereof.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the other end thereof. 7

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a substantially circular head preferably formed of opposed semicircular sections as shown. Each of these sections is riveted or otherwise fastened to one terminal of an elongated loop 2% preferably formed of a metal rod, the interme diate or crown portion of the loop being offset laterally as shown at 3 so as to straddle a shaft or an upstanding rod to which the tool is applied.

In Fig. 1 a portion of the stuffing box has been shown at B and ring packing therein. has been indicated at P. The shaft or rod. extending through the stuffing box has been illustrated at S. After the packing has been placed in the stufiing box, the opposed side portions of the tool are sprung apart so that the members of the head 1 can be placed astride the shaft or rod S at diametrically opposed points. When thus positioned the crown portion 3 of the tool will straddle the rod or shaft as shown in Fig. 1. \Vith the tool thus applied it can be reciprocated upon the shaft or rod S so as to press against the packing and force it tightly into the stuffing box. After the tool has been used it can be removed easily simply by springing the sides of the loop 2 apart sufficiently to allow the members 1 of the head to be withdrawn from the shaft or rod.

"What is claimed is 1. A tool of the class described comprising a split ring constituting a head, and an elongated loop having its free ends connect-- ed to the respective sections ofthe head, the intermediate or crown portion of the loop being offset to straddle an object engaged by the head. I

2-. A tool of the class described including a head made up of opposed semi-circular members, an element bent to loop form and having its terminals fixedly connected to the respective members forming the head, the intermediate or crown portion of the loop being offset laterally.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WAYNE E. BUMPUS. 

